A GOLDEN CITY.
Prescott in the United States is now the nearest approach to the New Jerusalem, as it is described in the Holy Writ, as the streets are being paved with gold. It is rrue it is not of a degree of fineness equal to that to be found in the next world, but it is the best that can be done on this mundane sphere. Gold, however, is one of the ingredients of the granite pavement used in the • citv among the pines,’ and one may not be surprised some day, if the panicky times should ever reach that locality, to see the pavement run through a quartz mill to secure the gold that might be extracted by the leaching process. Each ton of the rock used contains i6sin gold and tod in silver, and this typical mining city enjoys the proud distinction of being the only one in the world with golden streets.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XII, 21 March 1896, Page 320
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156A GOLDEN CITY. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XII, 21 March 1896, Page 320
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